This exhibit brings to life a series of 14 stunning, large-scale historic murals originally displayed at the 1948 Wisconsin State Fair in celebration of the state's centennial. The murals were developed to tell the story of Wisconsin's agricultural growth and development from 1848-1948. After decades of lying dormant, nine surviving murals were rediscovered, cleaned and conserved.

Digital scans of the nine large-scale restorations and five small-scale study sketches are now available for you to scroll through in the order they were originally displayed in 1948.

The "1948 Wisconsin State Fair Murals: 100 Years of Agricultural History" interactive project marks the first time since 1948 that these murals are presented together.